thank you thank you thank you On Mon, Jan 6, 2020 at 10:44 AM John Curran <jcur...@arin.net> wrote:
> On 22 Sep 2019, at 8:52 AM, Tim Burke <t...@tburke.us> wrote: > > > That is just The Cogent Way™, unfortunately. I just had (yet another) > Cogent rep spam me using an email address that is _only_ used as an ARIN > contact, trying to sell me bandwidth. When I called him out on it, with > complia...@arin.net CCed, he backpedaled and claimed to obtain my > information from Google. > > > ARIN has repeatedly informed Cogent that their use of the ARIN Whois for > solicitation is contrary to the terms of use and that they must stop. > Despite ARIN’s multiple written demands to Cogent to cease these prohibited > activities, ARIN has continued to receive complaints from registrants that > Cogent continues to engage in these prohibited solicitation activities. > > For this reason, ARIN has suspended Cogent Communications’ use of > ARIN’s Whois database effective today and continuing for a period of six > months. For additional details please refer to > https://www.arin.net/vault/about_us/corp_docs/20200106_whois_tos_violation.pdf > ARIN will restore Cogent’s access to the Whois database at an earlier > time if Cogent meets certain conditions, including instructing its sales > personnel not to engage in the prohibited solicitation activities. > > Given the otherwise general availability of ARIN Whois, it is quite > possible that Cogent personnel may evade the suspension via various means > and continue their solicitation. If that does occur, please inform us (via > complia...@arin.net), as ARIN is prepared to extend the suspension > and/or bring appropriate legal action. > > FYI, > /John > > John Curran > President and CEO > American Registry for Internet Numbers > > > > > > >